as dr. hamry said, a task long in the making and long overdue. i think it was a brief confirmatioo process that we went there. that was a joke. i'm sorry. no more jokes. in 2005, the director of n.s.a. was duel-hatted as director of n.s.a. and the commander of the joint functional command net warfare. the commander of was commander of the joint task force and global network operations. in late 2008, as a result of a serious intrusions into our classified networks, the secretary of dense decided to place the ops urn my operational control. recognizing both the imperative for better sin cronization, synchronizing our offensive and defensive cyber capabilities as well as the need to leverage n.s.a.'s intelligence capabilities to understanding the threat and the ability to respond to it. last june, the secretary of defend streamlined the control of our military's cyber capabilities. since that time, we have been building an organization and a mission alignment that is more integrated, synchronized, and effective in the support of our marines, coast g